Nautilus Crew,
You’re Connected
Oct. 04, 2017
KVH Industries, Inc.,
announced a partnership
with Ocean Exploration
Trust (OET), the
international scientific
research organization
founded by RMS
Titanic discoverer
and renowned
oceanographer Dr. Bob
Ballard, to provide
services and products to
enhance the onboard
experience for OET’s
research team. In
exchange, the team will
provide firsthand
feedback on various
products that KVH
develops.
“I am thrilled to be
working with KVH, a
leader in satellite
communications
headquartered right
across the bay from the
Inner Space Center at
the University of Rhode
Island Graduate School
of Oceanography,” says
Dr. Ballard. A professor
of oceanography at URI,
Dr. Ballard is known for
his ocean exploration
efforts and his longtime
commitment to providing
real-time data and video
from the vessel to land.
“It’s been a dream of
mine to have super
high-speed data
capabilities right from
our vessel to reach the
next generation of
scientists and engineers
and keep our own
research team as
connected as possible.”
For the first phase
of KVH’s support,
coinciding with OET’s
2017 expedition in the
Eastern Pacific Ocean, a
KVH TracPhone®
V7-IP satellite
communications antenna
system has been
installed on the
64-meter OET exploration
vessel (E/V)
Nautilus, and is
providing high-speed
broadband connectivity
from KVH’s mini-VSAT
Broadbandsm
network for crew use, as
well as multicasting
daily news content to
the 48 researchers and
crew via KVH’s
IP-MobileCastTM
content delivery
service.
Having personal
access to broadband data
and daily news updates
while on a research
expedition enhances the
onboard experience for
the Nautilus
team, which typically
restricts use of its
broadband data to
conveying research
information and video to
land.
“It is an honor for
KVH to support the
fascinating work of the
Ocean Exploration
Trust,” says Brent
Bruun, KVH’s chief
operating officer. “Dr.
Ballard and his team
onboard the Nautilus
represent not only the
leading edge of
scientific research, but
also an incredible
inspiration to students
and adults alike who
long to see and
understand the ocean’s
mysteries.”
The TracPhone V7-IP
system installed on the
Nautilus is a
rugged, compact, 60-cm
diameter Ku-band antenna
system designed to
provide data at speeds
up to 3 Mbps
shore-to-ship, and 512
Kbps ship-to-shore. The
content that KVH is
multicasting to OET’s
Nautilus team
via the IP-MobileCast
service includes
NEWSlinkTM
Print – daily updates of
more than 65 national
editions in more than 20
languages covering news,
sports, business, and
entertainment topics.
